Three 40-something women in a small English town meet weekly for a ritual of gin, cigarettes, and sweets -- and swapped stories arguing which of them has the most pathetic love life. Kate is headmistress at the local school; her best friends are the town's police chief and a cynical, thrice-divorced doctor.

• Columbia Pictures
• Andie MacDowell
• Imelda Staunton
• Anna Chancellor
• Kenny Doughty
• Bill Paterson
• Richenda Carey
• Andrew Bicknell
• Jeremy Gittins